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ES6 modules are just brilliant, it's like a breath of fresh air in JavaScript development. Your browser sees exactly the same thing as you write, which is such a great simplification. And yeah, you can still bundle/minify for production...

I think the Hot Reload stuff is still in its infancy.

From what I read, it doesn't yet support stuff like async/await, LINQ, lambdas (and few other things). And those are used a lot in modern .NET apps.

Still a great improvement in the right direction.

Yes, you are right it's very nuanced and also a bit subjective. So it doesn't actually make much sense to argue about it, much less here. Anyway, thanks for your comments, they are insightful.

When you write a React component, there are all kinds of ways where React calls you, e.g. the hook mechanisms. And that can be considered a framework in my opinion.

It also tells you how you should write your components, which is another sign that it's a framework and not just a library.

npm audit reports known vulnerabilities, but I think it doesn't help against supply chain attacks, or does it?

This is a double edged sword.

Because on one hand, you do pick up hotfix patches, but on the other hand, you are possibly bit more exposed to supply chain attacks.

Any ideas on how to balance that out? Or should we just not consider supply chain attacks to be a real threat?

You can spin off negativity into positivity if you frame it as opportunities and potential for improvement.

When cooking, we often optimize for flavor and texture. But what about digestion and nutrition and how each person has different preferences and a different body? It starts getting very complicated quite fast, so many variables...

I think there were even some Windows Updates that bricked computers.

This happened to me, but with a microphone instead of sound output. One day I boot my laptop, join a Teams call, and my microphone is not getting any sound anymore. I had to figure out later that Windows Update automatically installed a new driver, and it didn't work right for some reason. I had to search for the old one online, find the right version, and only then it was fixed.

I recently installed a Toshiba RC100 into my T480's WWAN slot. Are the newer models worse in this aspect? The T480 is not the newest, but still pretty modern.

This is brilliant.

However, the 12.5.4 is still quite a recent update (from June). I think there could still be some security fixes in the future, but probably only for very serious vulnerabilities.

Maybe WhatsApp knows that these 2 people are friends, so it tries to serve person B ads that worked for person A.

I also have one more theory which is that this effect can be caused by the network aspect of Facebook. Maybe I haven't been interested in a specific topic, but one of my friends was. And Facebook is serving me ads because they were relevant for my friends so they might be relevant to me. And the conversations where I heard about a topic are a consequence of that same thing -- one of my friends is interested in a certain topic.

I don't know how valid it is though. But it could contribute to the whole thing I guess...

Humility is a great personality trait, but from my experience, programmers are unfortunately rarely humble.

Is Apple an ad company?

Thanks for sharing. I can understand you as I used to do the same before I switched to Spotify many years ago. And I can still see why some people prefer that "old" way of syncing content. I remember when Spotify was missing even popular bands like "Beatles" or "Tool" and that was a pain... I guess lot of stuff still isn't there (or anywhere else online for that matter), and especially some more obscure stuff.

Thanks for this write up. I actually haven't heard of Chris Morris and Frankie Boyle yet. I'll have to check them out.

Do you also really, really like some comedians outside of North America? Can you recommend someone?

Isn't it because it's a plural?

I just tried it for fun as I was watching it, and my iPad mini fits the back pocket on my shorts. I wouldn't carry it there though as it would be uncomfortable and I'd look stupid.

Can you please elaborate a bit more on the video decoding? It's sounds interesting. I have played all kinds of formats including mkv in VLC on iOS. What could be improved in that area?

I was always curious about how people fill up all that space now that most of content is streamed... Can you share what's your use case? Do you shoot a lot of video or something like that?

I have iPhone 6, and it's fine with iOS 12.5.4 released in June 2021. I'm thinking about upgrading, but the current situation is still fine. The phone still works very well, and I use it a lot. Safari, YouTube, Reddit, podcast apps, maps apps, notes, messaging apps, etc. still work about the same. Photos would have better quality on a newer phone, but overall not a big change for everyday use. These newer displays look nice though.

I'll be forced to update when enough apps (not Apple, but third party) stop working because they no longer support iOS 12. Currently, there are only 7 apps out of over 200 that I have installed that don't support iOS 12. So I have to run an older version of these apps. Eventually there will be many. And the older versions of the apps will eventually stop working as well (if they connect to some web APIs that will be deprecated). This is what forced me to upgrade from iPhone 3GS to iPhone 6 last time.

Came here to recommend this as well. I just listened to it today. It's good quality content.

The critically acclaimed South Korean movie "Parasite" has a story like that.

> Apple can and will still reject any apps they feel like.

Apple now cannot reject apps because they have "Buy" links that redirect users elsewhere. And that's still a big deal.

I have experienced this same issue many times. But from my experience, I cannot simply pinpoint it to young developers or their education. I have seen this behavior with several older people, university educated, with many years of professional experience. So not just an age/generational thing, in my opinion.

Maybe they have seen so many red herrings that they don't even trust that the error message could contain something useful and relevant? Or maybe they just learned to skim through everything, and don't actually read stuff.

Reminded me of the "Free Will" thesis by Sam Harris.